IP Library Granted Patent US 10,476,728
Granted Patent B2
US 10,476,728 · App. 16/153,029 · Granted Nov 12, 2019

Probabilistic shaping for arbitrary modulation formats

Inventors: Shaoliang Zhang (Princeton, NJ); Fatih Yaman (Princeton, NJ); Ting Wang (West Windsor, NJ); Zhen Qu (Tucson, AZ)
Assignee: NEC Corporation
H04L27/345H04B10/5161H04B10/541H04B10/616H04L1/0058H04L1/0061H04L27/3405
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,476,728
App. No.
16/153,029
Granted
Nov 12, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

Systems and methods for optical data transport, including controlling data transport across an optical transmission medium by generating two-dimensional (2D) distribution matchers (DMs) based on probabilistic fold shaping (PFS) and arbitrary probabilistic shaping (APS). The 2D PFS-based DM is can encode any N-fold rotationally symmetrical Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (QAM) format by applying the 2D PFS-based DM only to symbols in one quadrant based on a target entropy. A fold index yield uniform distribution is determined, and is utilized to carry generated uniform distributed parity check bits across the optical transmission medium. The 2D APS-based DM can encode any arbitrary modulation formats by encoding uniform binary data to generate non-uniform target symbols, and generating a probability distribution for the target symbols by indirectly applying the 2D APS-based DM based on a target probability distribution and a detected code rate of generated FEC code.

Claims (28)

1. A system for optical data transport, comprising:

a memory operatively coupled to a processor device, the processor being configured to control data transport across an optical transmission medium by:

generating two-dimensional (2D) distribution matchers (DMs) based on probabilistic fold shaping (PFS) and arbitrary probabilistic shaping (APS);

wherein the 2D PFS-based DM is configured to encode any N-fold rotationally symmetrical Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (QAM) format by applying the 2D PFS-based DM only to symbols in one quadrant based on a target entropy, determining a fold index yield uniform distribution, and utilizing the fold index to carry generated uniform distributed parity check bits across the optical transmission medium; and

wherein the 2D APS-based DM is configured to encode any arbitrary modulation formats by encoding uniform binary data to generate non-uniform target symbols, and generating a probability distribution for the target symbols by indirectly applying the 2D APS-based DM based on a target probability distribution and a detected code rate of generated FEC code.

2. The system as recited in claim 1 , wherein the 2D APS-based DM is further configured to append information bits obtained from bit labeling with uniform distributed parity-check bits.

3. The system as recited in claim 2 , wherein the uniform distributed parity-check bits are mapped to M-ary quadrature amplitude modulation (M-QAM) symbols.

4. The system as recited in claim 1 , wherein constellation points in the one quadrant are shaped by the 2D PFS-based DM using a 2D Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution.

5. The system as recited in claim 4 , wherein a first and a fourth bit in bit labeling of the N-fold rotationally symmetrical QAM are utilized to discriminate the fold index.

6. The system as recited in claim 5 , wherein the QAM is a 32 QAM.

7. The system as recited in claim 1 , further comprising transmitting and receiving shaped signals across the transmission medium.

8. A method for optical data transport, comprising:

generating one or more two-dimensional (2D) distribution matchers (DMs) based on probabilistic fold shaping (PFS), the 2D PFS-based DMs being configured to encode any N-fold rotationally symmetrical Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (QAM) format;

applying the 2D PFS-based DM only to symbols in one constellation quadrant based on a target entropy;

determining a fold index yield uniform distribution, the fold index being utilized for carrying generated uniform distributed parity check bits across an optical transmission medium.

9. The method as recited in claim 8 , wherein constellation points in the one quadrant are shaped by the 2D PFS-based DM using a 2D Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution.

10. The method as recited in claim 9 , wherein a first and a fourth bit in bit labeling of the N-fold rotationally symmetrical QAM are utilized to discriminate the fold index.

11. The method as recited in claim 8 , wherein the QAM is a 32 QAM.

12. The method as recited in claim 8 , further comprising transmitting and receiving shaped signals across the transmission medium.

13. The method as recited in claim 8 , further comprising performing bit sequence concatenation after bit labeling.

14. A method for data transport, comprising:

generating one or more two-dimensional (2D) distribution matchers (DMs) based on arbitrary probabilistic shaping (APS), the 2D APS-based DM being configured to optimize data transmission performance for any arbitrary modulation formats;

encoding received uniform binary data to generate non-uniform target symbols; and

generating a probability distribution for the target symbols by indirectly applying the 2D APS-based DM based on a target probability distribution and a detected code rate of generated FEC code.

15. The method as recited in claim 14 , wherein the 2D APS-based DM is further configured to append information bits obtained from bit labeling with uniform distributed parity-check bits.

16. The system as recited in claim 15 , wherein the uniform distributed parity-check bits are mapped to M-ary quadrature amplitude modulation (M-QAM) symbols.

17. The method as recited in claim 14 , further comprising transmitting and receiving shaped signals across a transmission medium.

18. The method as recited in claim 17 , wherein the transmission medium is an optical transmission medium.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 26, 2019
From: NEC LABORATORIES AMERICA, INC.
To: NEC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 050498/0081 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 19, 2018
From: ZHANG, SHAOLIANG; YAMAN, FATIH; WANG, TING; QU, ZHEN
To: NEC LABORATORIES AMERICA, INC.
Reel/Frame 047538/0721 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62569637 · Oct 9, 2017
Related Publication 20190109752A1 · Apr 11, 2019
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